A year ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit the states of New York and New Jersey, as well as other parts of the Eastern Seaboard, killing more than 100 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.

The argument that the big storm was spawned by climate change appears to be getting stronger, as Joe Romm notes HERE:

In particular, a recent study by NOAA researchers found, “climate-change related increases in sea level have nearly doubled today’s annual probability of a Sandy-level flood recurrence as compared to 1950.” On our current CO2 emissions path, the Jersey shore from Atlantic City ...

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Pat Cunningham

A year ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit the states of New York and New Jersey, as well as other parts of the Eastern Seaboard, killing more than 100 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.

The argument that the big storm was spawned by climate change appears to be getting stronger, as Joe Romm notes HERE:

In particular, a recent study by NOAA researchers found, “climate-change related increases in sea level have nearly doubled today’s annual probability of a Sandy-level flood recurrence as compared to 1950.” On our current CO2 emissions path, the Jersey shore from Atlantic City ...

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